Can't sleep, thinking too much.

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This discussion centers on the challenges of falling asleep due to racing thoughts and the impact of caffeine, particularly coffee, on sleep quality. Participants emphasize the importance of establishing a regular sleep schedule and suggest techniques such as reading before bed, practicing mindfulness, and using visualization to distract from intrusive thoughts. The role of anxiety and stress in sleep disturbances is acknowledged, with recommendations for balancing work and relaxation to improve sleep quality.

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  • Basic knowledge of mindfulness and relaxation techniques
  • Awareness of anxiety's impact on sleep patterns
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  • #31
Can't give you any advice here, you have to eliminate as many things as possible to find the root cause.

A possible cause of sleeplessness is anxiety or fast thoughts, just these two symptoms alone can be linked to a number of things so its hard for us to suggest a cause for your sleeplessness. With that said, it is best you seek a professional. Personally, I used to take hours to sleep at times. I tried a lot of things but they didn't work. It ended up being from bipolar disorder (I was recently diagnosed to my surprise). I now sleep much much quicker since I have started medication (lithium) - and I'm glad I did.
 
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Evo said:
It is well known that Jung is considered a crackpot.
After glossing through Liber Novus for the first time my opinion about everything Jung wrote changed dramatically, but I always thought it was all a bit over-wrought. He went way off the deep end during the period that book was... written. It did, however, keep me up for hours. Surprised I didn't have nightmares.
 
  • #33
I find that when I go to bed it normally takes me an hour to go to sleep, but if I put an audiobook on the computer and tell it to turn itself off after an hour I don't even get to hear 15 minutes of the story before I'm gone. Maybe if you can find something like that to focus your thoughts you'll do better.

Or try learning to mediate, because it's all about keeping out thoughts and it helps with concentration as well as insomnia. It's soooooooo hard though, I can't keep from thinking.
 

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